Category Archives: Writing Tools

Next time you read a book or watch a movie, try this simple test. Answer three questions about women in the story. Are there two or more women with a name in the story? Do they speak one with the other? About something different than a man If the answer is Yes to all three questions, the…

Writing (and reading) is something we are taught when we are children, just like we learn how to walk or dance. Being a writer is no different from being a professional dancer: creative (and technical) writing is a skill that must be honed with a lot of reading, passion, and hard work. A book or…

Ulysses lands, exhausted, on the beach of the Island of the Phaeacians. Rescued and welcomed to court by Nausicaa, daughter of king Alcinous and queen Arete, the hero tells his hosts the tale of his long journey and shipwreck. This is the first example of the flashback in Western literature, an extremely successful writing technique…